Source:
CDR>EAC>HD>FLAC.[BRAND X London Nashville Rooms 20 February 1976] Shared as
torrent on Dime by Kinebee.TLH
analysis - Tracks in this torrent have 2 sec. gap and have SBE's. Needs editing.
"This is notable as the only Brand X performance to feature Andy Ward (from Camel) as
second percussionist.Also this is an excellant audience recording as well as the earliest
live Brand X show I've seen".
Show and recording listed on Scotttrades
website (Andy Ward of Camel guested on percussion for this night only).

* "Ladies & gentlemen Brand
X". [Cut at 0.55 on tuning]. "This new song which you won't find on any album as
yet".
** [Cut at 13:02 on applause].
*** "This one was written by Percy...Percy Jones our bass guitar here". Fades
out on applause.
$ "...We're gonna do a song that we wrote yesterday (...) anything can happen...this
one is called Tunisian Faces...".
= [Cut at 8:56 on applause].
& Band intro: "John Goodsall, Percy Jones, Mr. Philip Collins, Mr. Preston
Heyman, Mr. Robin Lumley".
# "Ladies & gentlemen, the music, Brand X". [Cut at 8:27 on applause].
"We'll see you at Ronnie Scott's late August".

Source:
Torrent download (no further info).[Brand X - Marquee Club, London - July 30th, 1976] Shared as
torrent on Dime by Kingfrippson.
No SBE's - True lossless source.
"Quality: A-".
"It was very hot and humid that night. The instruments,
particularly the guitar, kept going out of tune".Show and recording listed on Scotttrades
website (this performance appears to have been played as a single show, not 2 sets).

* "It's 20 to 5. You got a nice
two days? Did you? We'll soon change that never mind...that was Running on Three...".
** "Three days in a rock festival".
*** "This next tune is written by Mr. Jones, Mr. Percy Jones who's playing on the
bass guitar (...) Malaga Virgen".

Source:
Torrent download (no further info).[BRAND X - Reading Festival - Reading, England 29 August 1976] Shared
as torrent on Dime by Kinebee.
No SBE's - TLH
analysis
Stereo recording.
Date and venue confirmed by programs (see above). Lots of info on the Festival UK Festivals website.
Show and recording listed on Scotttrades
website (Preston Heyman was still with the band at this point).

Source:
master LP>DAT>Soundforge9.0>Flac5.[BRAND X 1976 - Ronnie Scotts - Sept. 1976 R.A.T.W] Shared as
torrent on Dime by Kinebee.
"I have the Rock Around the World LP, one side of which is this Brand X performance.
I transferred it to DAT about 14 years ago, and was able to find my copy, which was a
daunting task in itself. The record sounded very good ...".
Show and recording listed on Rock Around The World (show # 122 -
broadcast on Dec. 5 1976) and Scotttrades
websites.

* With 2 min. intro.
** "Thank you (...) and try our new tune (...) it was written by (...) Mr. Morris
Pert on percussion...".
*** ...We never been to Brooklyn before...".
$ [Cut at 6:42 on applause].

Source:
1st (?) generation audience tape.[BRAND X 1977 Smucker's Brooklyn, N.Y. June 19, 1977] Shared
as torrent on Dime by Kinebee.TLH
analysis
"I got this about a quarter century ago from a guy who said he taped this, and I'd
say it sounds like a 1st generation recording. Some minor problems in part of the 1st
song, not very noticable, certainly not a high fidelity recording ...".
Show and recording listed on Scotttrades
website.

* [Cut at 0:19 before start. First song
cuts in at start].
** [Cut at 8:34 on applause].
*** "Merci encore" [Cut at 0:07 after thanks. Tune cuts in at start and
cut on applause at 9:13].

Source:
Master Cassette > Magnetic Tape 7 inches > computer Soundblaste live > Wav >
flac8 stereo.[BRANDX 1977 09 10] Shared as torrent on Dime by
Kingfrippson.
True lossless source."I do remember that day! Bit of a stunt, really. We had two sets
of equipment, using the first to play Crystal Palace" (Lumley).
Show and recording listed on Scotttrades
website (late afternoon, supporting Peter Gabriel - A 45min recording has surfaced).Peter Gabriel's set from this
festival also circulates.

* "Brand X in concert from the
Glass Onion on CMF. [Cut] Brand X live from the Glass Onion at 81Marshall Street".
** "...Welcome to Brand X (...) We have to commiserate with the Glass Onion for their
unfortunate baseball defeat...".
*** "A new tune that we haven't recorded on the album as yet (...) is called Deadly
Nightshade composed by Morris".
$ "...As this is our first time in this part of the world especially in Rochester
anyway, we got a Rochester England...".
= band intro: (Mr. Morris Pert, Percy Jones, Mr. Kenwood Dennard, Mr. John Goodsall)
[Cut].
& "...We'll introduce them even though they don't need an introduction, here is
from England Branxd X".
+ "Hello welcome to Brand X once again and that includes all of you people out there
with radio sets too".
# "The next one isn't on any records and it won't break any either but it's a tune
wiritten by Mr. Morris bashup Pert".
? "...A tune which was on an album called Maroccan Roll...this was written by Percy
Jones it's called Malaga Virgen".
^ "A slight accident...you know Percy el basso player extraordinaire we'll he's
done something to his finger...".

Source: Maxell UD
master cassette > Teac A-550RX cassette playback > TASCAM CDRW-700> Trade
CDR>EAC > ...[Brand X 1977 Oct 18 A remaster flac16] Shared as torrent
remaster on Dime by Glasnostrd19.
Original master audience recording by Bpthree. Taping Gear: Sony TC-1100T with Sony ECM-16
condensor microphone.TLH
analysis
"It was out of balance, the left side was 1-2 DB louder than the right side so I
adjusted that to even both sides out".
Show and recording listed on Scotttrades
website (Robin mentions Percy's recently blistered finger after the song ends).

* [Cuts in on emcee's intro]. "...
And Radio Clyde are proud to present Arista Passport recording artist Brand X".
** "The next tune is one that you haven't heard before in fact we've only heard it
twice (...) called Access To Data".
*** Fades out on applause.
$ "We're gonna do another new tune that's written by Morris Pert, it's (...) Earth
Dance". Fades out on applause.
= "As yet to be committed to disc (...) written by Mr. Morris (...) Pert over there,
and it's called Deadly Lampshade".

Source:
1st generation audience tape.[BRAND X 1977 Beacon Theater New York City, N.Y. October 30, 1977] Shared
as torrent on Dime by Kinebee.TLH
analysis
"This recording is one of 2 I recieved from the taper when I asked him, send me any
77 Brand X you have about 25 years ago, and is recorded (apparently) with the same
equipment. The sound here isn't quite as good because it's the Beacon Theater ...".
Show and recording listed on Scotttrades
website ("I'm inclined to go with 77-Oct-13, though that is highly
questionable".).

* "...Welcome to another evening
of strange goings on with Brand X (...) reflects our feelings this end of the
tour...".
** Fades out on applause.
*** [Cut at 5:54. Cuts or skips at 8:03 and 8:06. End cut].

Source: FM
Broadcast.[BRAND X 1978 Karen, Stockholm 8-30-1978] Fixed torrent
reseed on Dime by Dakotafrost (first seeded by Kinebee).TLH
analysis
Show and recording listed on Scotttrades
website:
("This may be fr 78-Aug-20 as there is supposedly a 55m recording fr 78-Aug-30 which
may be different from this").

Source:
"I believe it's a sbd, if it's FM it's a clean one. (exact lineage unknown)".[BRAND X 1978 Rainbow Theater London, U.K. October 1, 1978] Shared
as torrent on Dime by Kinebee.TLH
analysis
"I got this in trade years ago, no idea of any lineage for it, but it sounds pretty
clean".
Date and venue confirmed by ticket and ad for "The Odd Couple Tour" with Peter
Hammill (above).
Reviews for this show from "Van Der Graaf" website can be found here
and here.
Show and recording listed on Scotttrades.

Source:
master audience tapes.Original stereo audience recording by Glasnost ("cheesy
mikes - the 10/24 was on Maxell UD, and the 25th on TDK-SA").[BRAND X 1978 Two More Editions in Boston October 24 and 25, 1978] Torrent
reseed on Dime Kinebee.TLH
analysis
Show and recording listed on Scotttrades
("78-Oct-24 was the first show of this tour - Goodsall joined the band for this date
though I'm unsure for how long - he's at least on Access To Data + Black Moon. This
recording is only 104.31m").

* "Thank you, thank you you...good
evening...good evening, welcome to Kent University we are Brand X".
** "Our percussionist Morris is gonna do...is gonna thrash...". [Cut at 2:40].
Fades out on applause.
*** Fades out on applause.
$ Band: (Pert, Jones, Clark, Miller). [Cut at 18:35]. [Fades out at 27:31 on applause].
[Fades out after goodnight].
= Encore. Fades out at 5:49, these fades back in.

Source: SBD>?>CD in
long ago trade>EAC>FLAC.[BRAND X-Kent State Univ, Ohio- 11-7-78] Torrent reseed on
Dime by Gflorio (original seed by Mr_Mags).
No SBE's - TLH
analysis
"Some noticble surface noise on most of D1 T2 & all of T3. Signal Problems? I
could have edited out the 2 tracks affected but will give you the perogative/option,
instead. Listen to the samples. I'm not sure how much could be done ...".
Show and recording listed on Scotttrades.

* Starts with prerecorded collage using
20th Century Fox theme. The theme starting the studio version is not played.
** "Good evening Los Angeles, it is very nice to be back here you know (...) another
drink for Robin".
*** "From our unreleased album live at the Cardiff Rooms Libia we'd like to play an
oldie (...) Malaga Virgin".
$ [Cut at 5:03 on applause].
= "So as I fall asleep on my feet...this is called And So To F Mr. (...) all my
scripts are written by Mr. John Goodsall". & "Phil Collins, Percy Jones,
John Goodsall, Robin Lumley and myself, thank you Los angeles...".
# [Cut at 0:05 on applause]. "Who is in Brand X": (Peter Robinson, Robin Lumley,
John Goodsall, Percy Jones).

Source:
Master tape>dat>Tascam Professional EQ>cd-r>Bias Peak Pro 5 (song
indexing)>XACT>flac.[Brand X 1979-09-21 Roxy, Los Angeles] Shared as torrent on
Dime by Turbogrande.
No SBE's - TLH
analysis
"This comes right from a remaster of the master tape. The quality is excellent. My
pal, Panhandle Slim, sent me this. He also did the remaster. The band is promoting their
"Product" album at the time of this concert, which is my favorite Brand X
album".
Show listed on Scotttrades
website.

1) fanfare (0:48) *
2) Disco Suicide (5:03) **
3) Algon (7:52) ***
4) Dance Of The Illegal Aliens - "welcome to the Roxy" (11:35)
$
5) Don't Make Waves - "a hand for Diamond" (7:09) =
6) Malaga Virgen- "are you early for the next show or late
for this one?" (12:12) &
7) And So To F- Phil Collins band intro (9:50) +
8) Access To Data > The Ghost Of Mayfield Lodge> Access To
Data (20:16) #

* Prerecorded collage using 20th
Century Fox theme.
** The theme starting the studio version is not played.
*** "Saturday night so let's get loose here, ah...sorry for the slight delay (...)
this is another one written by Mr. Jones".
$ "Welcome to the Roxy (...) our 3rd show again, this is the 2nd night (...) Brand X
has aquired a song (...) by John".
= "How about a hand for Diamond (...) from our album called Maroccan Roll featurin'
Percy Jones". Dropout at 6:05.
& [Cut at 10:33 on applause]. "...We can come back and play another tune (...) we
never know (...) if Percy Smiles...".
+ [Cut at 7:42 on applause]. Band: (Mr. Peter Robinson, Mr. Robin Lumley, Mr. John
Goodsall, Mr. Percy Jones).
# Encore. "Thank you...Phil Collins, Percy Jones, John
Goodsall, Robin Lumley and myself...thank you Los Angeles".

* "Next tune is another one from
the Product album (...) features (...) John Bookstall (...) & also Mr. Philip
Bollins".
** "You who may have picked up a bootleg album of ours called Live At The Cardiff
Rooms Libya will recognize this".
*** "WXRT with Brand X caught live at the Park West tonight Sunday Night Un-concert
is brought on XRT by 7Up".
$ Dropout at 3:28. Fades out at 8:17 on applause then fades back in on encore
announcement.
= Encore. [Cut at 9:59]. Band intro: "Mr. Philip Collins, Mr. Percy Jones, Mr. John
Goodsall, Mr. Peter Robinson...".

* Disco Suicide's starting theme not
played. "Philadelphia (...) welcome to Brand X (...) our last gig tonite of our
tour".
** "Welcome to Brand X (...) Phil Collins (...) and Mr. John Bookstall (...) between
the 2 of them they're gonna sing...".
*** Fades out on applause.
$ [Cut in on Phil intro]. "I wrote if you like it (...) if you don't like it Peter
Robinson wrote it". Fades out on applause.
= Encore. Fades out at 1:34 then fades back in. Drum solo. Band: (P. Collins, P. Jones, R.
Lumley, J. Goodsall).

Source: 1st
generation cassette > Kyocera D-801>SB X-Fi Platinum > Sony Sound Forge 8.0 >
Guitar Tracks Pro 3.0 > ...Original audience recording by ("I think his name
was") Tom.[BRAND X - 30 SEPTEMBER 1979] Shared as torrent on Dime by
123Relaxo321.
No SBE's - TLH
analysis - Sounds slow.
"The recording is not the greatest but more than enough to give a taste of what this
band was capable of performing live".
Show and recording listed on Scotttrades
website ("I don't think the above setlist is the complete recording").

* [Cuts in].
** "Last of 4 shows at this lovely place (...) last song was (...) by (...) Mr.
Lumley (...) another (...) by Mr. Percy Jones".
*** "Vocals of Mr. Philip Collins & Mr. John Bookstall". Dropout 3:32. [Fade
out - cut back in at 8:10 on applause].
$ "If anybody bought the album (...) Cardiff Rooms Libia can recognize Malaga Virgin
(...) those of you in radioland".
= [Cut at 2:35 on applause]. "It's a song what I wrote on the way (...) everybody's
learning it (...) Percy wants a lift".
& "...Anybody here going to Los Angeles? Ok, would you give Percy a lift home?
Actually does live in New York...".

Source:
Type: FM.[BRAND X 1979 Long Island, NY 1979-10-28] Shared as torrent
on Dime (unsigned info).TLH
analysis
"Seems to be the last Brand X concert of 1979, and therefore the last time Phil
Collins played with this great band".
Show listed on Scotttrades
website (this might be the b'cast of the 79-Oct-28 show).
This show was broadcast by WLIR-FM - Hempstead, NY on Jan. 15th, 1980 as part of the
"Tuesday Night Concert Series".

* "1st time at the Middle East
Cafe alright...but it's not our 1st time in Philadelphia (...) Tower, not the Fox
theater".
** "...We got a new record coming out (...) this is one of the songs off it written
by Percy Jones it's called Stellerator".
*** "Percy Jones on the bass, Frank Katz (...) Mark Wagnon (...) this is a midi
guitar, my name is John Goodsall".
$ "Brand X, listen ah, there'd been a lot more people here (...) if they'd all
believed that we really had this band here".

Source:
SBD>DAT>Cass>Peak>Xact>flac.[BRAND X 1996 The Middle East Philadelphia PA May 30 1996] Torrent
on Dime by Kinebee.
No SBE's - TLH
analysis
"This version of Brand X really misses that Python-esque humour that Phil Collins,
and especially Robin Lumley, brought to the band. - All that said, this is still a decent
fusion band, and the recording is excellent....so.....".
Show and recording listed on Scotttrades
website.

* "...John Goodsall (...) Percy
Jones (...) Kris Sjobring (...) from France Pierre Moerlen on drums, the new Brand
X".
** Fades in on applause.
*** Encore.
$ Encore "...You ever heard of a guy called (...) John McLaughlin? He was a big
influence on us a long time ago...".

Source: aud>CDr from
trade>EAC>FLAC.[Brand X w Pierre Moerlen-Teatro Albatros-Genoa, Italy-6797] Torrent
reseed on Dime by Gflorio (original seed Mr_Mags)
No SBE's - TLH
analysis
"NICE aud (I think) but low levels - A-/B+? Samples in comments. - Glad I dug this
one out. I forgot about how good it was. Pierre Moerlen is with them. I guess he toured
Japan with them & hung around for the Euro Tour as well".
Show and recording listed on Scotttrades
("The New Brand X" - unsure if the above setlist is the complete recording).